Gun pointed at youth!

[preachermantom]

Fellow hunters ! In two different youth hunt photos now I have seen gun pointed at the youth hunter in posing picture!!! Please teach kids the proper way and point it away from them! I know…well it's unloaded but many unloaded guns have killed people!!! Respect them guns please!!!!

 

[PossumSlayer]

Fellow hunters ! In two different youth hunt photos now I have seen gun pointed at the youth hunter in posing picture!!! Please teach kids the proper way and point it away from them! I know…well it's unloaded but many unloaded guns have killed people!!! Respect them guns please!!!!

Amen

 

[10mm4me]

Thanks for the important safety reminder!

 

[Spurhunter]

Excellent post! I saw a pic on Fakebook last night with the rifle pointed at the kid. I don't get it. My dad absolutely drilled it into me as a kid to know where the muzzle was pointed at all times. To this day it's like second nature to me.

 

[C1295]

Very true thank you for this! Most accidental shootings are done by a "unloaded" gun.

 

[Andy S.]

^^^ Ditto! I have seen a few pics this weekend as well, with gun pointed at youth and "adult". Something I'll never understand, no matter what the excuse is.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

^^^ Ditto! I have seen a few pics this weekend as well, with gun pointed at youth and "adult". Something I'll never understand, no matter what the excuse is.

Same here!

 

[backyardtndeer]

Guess I am going to have to pay better attention to the pics of kids. I been more focused at looking at the smiles on their faces and hadn't noticed seeing this. But good reminder for sure.

 

[Spurhunter]

Guess I am going to have to pay better attention to the pics of kids. I been more focused at looking at the smiles on their faces and hadn't noticed seeing this. But good reminder for sure.

When gun safety is drilled into you as a kid you can't not see it. It jumps out at you.

 

[timberjack86]

Got a friend that's not with us anymore due to an unloaded gun. Always treat any gun as if it's loaded and the safety is off!

 

[backyardtndeer]

When gun safety is drilled into you as a kid you can't not see it. It jumps out at you.

I have yet to to see one that jumps out at me, but the only youth pics I have looked at this year have been on this forum.

 

[preachermantom]

Excellent post! I saw a pic on Fakebook last night with the rifle pointed at the kid. I don't get it. My dad absolutely drilled it into me as a kid to know where the muzzle was pointed at all times. To this day it's like second nature to me.

Mine did too!!!

 

[Spurhunter]

Mine did too!!!

We were fortunate to have the fathers we had!

 

[wsm]

Amen

 

[oldmanelrod]

Fellow hunters ! In two different youth hunt photos now I have seen gun pointed at the youth hunter in posing picture!!! Please teach kids the proper way and point it away from them! I know…well it's unloaded but many unloaded guns have killed people!!! Respect them guns please!!!!

Amen!

 

[UTGrad]

We discussed this very potential safety issue when my son was posing with his buck. I told him to get down and then I handed him the rifle and told him the muzzle points straight up in the air away from us.

 

[Chiflyguy]

We discussed this very potential safety issue when my son was posing with his buck. I told him to get down and then I handed him the rifle and told him the muzzle points straight up in the air away from us.

There you go!
Nice job!

 

[Spurhunter]

We discussed this very potential safety issue when my son was posing with his buck. I told him to get down and then I handed him the rifle and told him the muzzle points straight up in the air away from us.

That's how you capitalize on a teaching moment!

 

[EastTNHunter]

Interesting that you mention this, as I had the same conversation with my son when we took pics of his deer. I told him verify empty, bolt open, muzzle pointed in a safe direction. A lot of "accidents" happen when the initial focus of the excitement is over, but the work starts. People get distracted and start doing things that they aren't thinking about… muzzle waving, photos with no thoughts about muzzle direction, not thinking about where their booger hook is in reference to the go button, etc

 

[Big Jeremy]

It happens over and over again every year. Hopefully folks will start realizing that even if it doesn't present danger in it's current state, that the optics of it aren't good. Someone may see it, think it's normal, and do that with a loaded gun...